Sara Lee predominantly works with drawing, intaglio and relief prints, including etching and Japanese woodcut in the ukiyo-e tradition, within a studio and site specific practice.

Born in Wales in 1956, Sara lives and works in London. She graduated in Fine Art Painting from Ravensbourne in 1979 and went on to take an MA in Printmaking at Central School graduating in 1982. She spent most of the following year traveling in the United States, visiting studios and collections, culminating in working for Jay Street Gallery and Studios in NYC.

Sara Lee has been part of the fine art print community for more than two decades. She collaborated with Master Printer Hugh Stoneman for more than ten years. Together they developed a gravure practice and co-published, under the imprint Print Centre Publications, including works by Terry Frost RA, Ian McKeever RA and Hamish Fulton. Over many years she has worked closely on etching and woodcut projects with Eileen Cooper RA, with whom she shares a print studio space and imprint Blackbird Editions. She teaches at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, has written for Tate, and advised on print processes for various individuals and institutions including The Art Fund, Hatton Gallery and Tate.

Selected Exhibitions

2012  Peninsula, Stoneman Gallery, Penzance (July)
           British Printmaking, Japan (August)
           Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough (May)
           Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton (April)
           The Memory Collective, no format gallery, London (March)
           Brisons Veor Residency, Cornwall (March)
2011  Print Now, Bearspace, London
           Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
           Bainbridge Open, London
           Bite, Mall Galleries, London
           Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
           Print, Stoneman Gallery, Penzance
           Printroom London
           Brook Gallery, Japanese Print Show
2010  Stoneman Gallery, Penzance
           Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
           Originals, Mall Galleries, London (Prizewinner)
2009  Confluence, Stoneman Gallery, Penzance
           Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
           Confluence, APT Gallery, London
           Edward Alleyns Building, Inaugural exhibition, London
           Originals, Mall Galleries, London
2008  Blackbird Editions Annual Show, London
           Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Media

Art Quaterly article on The Art Fund Hugh Stoneman Archive  March 2009
Catalogue essay for Hugh Stoneman, Master Printer  Tate St Ives  2008
Glossary for Hugh Stoneman, Master Printer  Tate St Ives  2008

Sara Lee
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www.saraleeartist.co.uk
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